History

This database is the result of a long-term project at NIST (formerly the
National Bureau of Standards, NBS) to collect and make available kinetic data
on gas-phase reactions. The objective was initially on reactions
important in combustion. It was then expanded to include atmospheric
reactions and presently includes essentially all reported gas-phase kinetics
studies involving elementary reactions.

The previous version of this database was: NIST Standard Reference
Database 17.